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SUMMARY
The central goal of this research project is to investigate how big data about people and their social interactions is accessed, and how it enables the discovery of new knowledge about society and behaviour. In other words, the research team wishes to discover the social and scientific implications of large-scale ‘big data’ as it becomes more widely available to social scientists in academia, public institutions, and the private sector.
The project will rely on in-depth studies of exemplar cases to understand how social scientists in academia, industry, and government are accessing and using big data to answer old questions at larger scales as well as asking and answering new questions about society and human behaviour.
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SOLUTIONS
- Undertaking case studies of social science uses of big data with a focus on means and modes of access.
- Supporting the development and documentation of new methodologies for working with big social science data, such as access, data management, analysis, and visualization techniques.
- Facilitating engagement with social scientists working with big data through workshops and other events.
- Organising a conference on big data in the social sciences.
- Producing findings that report the project’s evidence and make policy recommendations.
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LINK: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=98
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